Man spat hash brown into assault victim’s face

A hash brown was spat into a woman’s face by a man who verbally abused her and yesterday he denied the assault.

John Reidy, aged 47, of Glentrasna Hill, The Glen, Cork, was asked by his barrister Alan O’Dwyer if he was eating a hash brown on the morning and if he spat it into Bianca Bower’s face. Reidy replied: “Absolutely not”.

However, Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said after hearing both sides of the case that the evidence against Reidy was overwhelming.